Comments on: Our country hippie cred just went up http://atypicalife.net/blog/2007/10/20/our-country-hippie-cred-just-went-up/ the continuing adventures of us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:34:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Spring http://atypicalife.net/blog/2007/10/20/our-country-hippie-cred-just-went-up/comment-page-1/#comment-7028 Spring Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:21:14 +0000 http://atypicalife.net/blog/2007/10/20/our-country-hippie-cred-just-went-up/#comment-7028 Years and years and years ago we lived in a turn of the century home. When the plaster fell apart in an upstairs bedroom we discovered that the entire level had been insulated with crumpled newspaper. Suddenly it made sense why it was so damn cold up there during the winter. Years and years and years ago we lived in a turn of the century home. When the plaster fell apart in an upstairs bedroom we discovered that the entire level had been insulated with crumpled newspaper. Suddenly it made sense why it was so damn cold up there during the winter.

]]> By: Andrea http://atypicalife.net/blog/2007/10/20/our-country-hippie-cred-just-went-up/comment-page-1/#comment-7026 Andrea Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:07:29 +0000 http://atypicalife.net/blog/2007/10/20/our-country-hippie-cred-just-went-up/#comment-7026 That's kinda what we have going on. I mis-typed, they are just buckwheat hulls (outer seed casing), so anything a bug or rodent would want is already gone. Plus they are well-sealed in the walls. The back of the laths look new, that's how sealed it is. And the stuff is all 100 years old. ;) It is indeed very cool. :) That’s kinda what we have going on. I mis-typed, they are just buckwheat hulls (outer seed casing), so anything a bug or rodent would want is already gone. Plus they are well-sealed in the walls. The back of the laths look new, that’s how sealed it is. And the stuff is all 100 years old. ;)

It is indeed very cool. :)

]]> By: Todd Tyrtle http://atypicalife.net/blog/2007/10/20/our-country-hippie-cred-just-went-up/comment-page-1/#comment-7025 Todd Tyrtle Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:03:07 +0000 http://atypicalife.net/blog/2007/10/20/our-country-hippie-cred-just-went-up/#comment-7025 Too cool! I would imagine bugs aren't a huge problem as long as everything is sealed well. The same sort of thing is true for strawbale construction. If it is well-sealed then the straw not only remains bug free, but it stays so fresh that animals have been known to try to eat recently exposed but 100+ year old straw encased in walls. Too cool! I would imagine bugs aren’t a huge problem as long as everything is sealed well. The same sort of thing is true for strawbale construction. If it is well-sealed then the straw not only remains bug free, but it stays so fresh that animals have been known to try to eat recently exposed but 100+ year old straw encased in walls.

]]> By: Gem http://atypicalife.net/blog/2007/10/20/our-country-hippie-cred-just-went-up/comment-page-1/#comment-7024 Gem Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:08:57 +0000 http://atypicalife.net/blog/2007/10/20/our-country-hippie-cred-just-went-up/#comment-7024 Wouldn't bugs come to eat the buckwheat? Wouldn’t bugs come to eat the buckwheat?

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